I just did a Mandrake 7.0 install and saw bz2 described in the compression section of
packages. If I'm not mistaken(and
I am often with Linux), bz2 is another zip program like gzip and similar to tar.gz(in
theory), it should be on your
distro disc or you can rpm it from one of the download sites.
Victor
Lane Lester wrote:
> I said:
> > Well, since I don't do any programming, I just need a Java runtime called JRE.
> > I'm downloading the one from blackdown as Richard suggested, so here's hoping.
>
> Hmm, the file came in as a .tar.bz2, and tar doesn't recognize it. I'm not sure I've
>ever encountered a .bz2 before.
> --
> Lane
> ____
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> Using Linux to get where I want to go...
